Washington County supervisors adopt employee policy changes, approve courthouse change orders, reallocate ARPA funds and back airport financing

The Washington County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 27 adopted several staff‑proposed administrative and capital actions, most by unanimous votes that the board’s chair recorded as 7-0.

Audrey Wells, a county staff member, summarized changes to county personnel and fleet policies intended to align local rules with federal definitions and to simplify overtime payments. Wells said the county will redefine the "designated work day" as the period an employee starts and stops duties, shift the official workweek to Sunday–Saturday to align with calendar weeks, end the practice of awarding compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay and instead pay overtime when earned, and add annual driving‑record checks and reporting requirements for CDL and emergency services employees. "We are proposing to change our designated work day from the more traditional eight hours to basically be saying when an employee starts their duties to when an employee finishes their duties," Wells told the board. On a motion by Supervisor Stevens the board approved the policy package unanimously.

The board also approved two change orders for the…